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Exercise for English Literature (2) Choose the best answer for each blank. ________, the “father of English poetry” and one of the greatest narrative poets of England, was born in London about 1340. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Sir Gawain Francis Bacon D. John Dryden Chaucer died on the 25th October 1400, and was buried in ________. Flanders B. France Italy D. Westminster Abbey The progress in industry at home stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. ________ encouraged exploration and travel, which were compatible with the interest of the English merchants. Henry V B. Henry VI